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  1. We Live in Two Worlds : Gpo Film Unit Volume 2 (2009)

    Director
    Len Lye; Harry Watt; Evelyn Spice; William Coldstream; Basil Wright; Stuart Legg; Alberto Cavalcanti; Norman McLaren; Lotte Reiniger; Pat Jackson; Humphrey Jennings; Richard Massingham
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 257 minutes), £24.99

    The second of three double-disc box sets presenting all the key films of the GPO Film Unit produced between 1936-1938. The collection is not just important in cinematic terms, but provides a valuable and...

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  2. Addressing the Nation: Gpo Film Unit Volume 1 (2008)

    Director
    Alberto Cavalcanti; Len Lye; Humphrey Jennings; Basil Wright
    Producer
    John Grierson
    Subject
    History; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 300 minutes), £24.99

    The first of three deluxe double-disc box sets presenting all the key films of the GPO Film Unit on DVD for the first time. The complete collection includes legendary filmmakers such as John Grierson, Len...

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  3. 30s Britain Volume 1: Granton Trawler (2006)

    Director
    John Grierson; Alberto Cavalcanti; Humphrey Jennings; Ralph Elton
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 75 minutes), £12.99

    Collection of five films from the GPO Film Unit. ‘Granton Trawler’ (1934) directed by John Grierson. About a trawler fishing on the Viking Bank. ‘Coal Face’ (1935) directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. An...

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  4. 30s Britain Volume 2: North Sea (2006)

    Director
    John Grierson; Alberto Cavalcanti; Humphrey Jennings; Ralph Elton
    Subject
    Film studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 86 minutes), £12.99

    Collection of films from the GPO Film Unit. ‘North Sea’ (1938) directed by Harry Watt. An Aberdeen trawler in trouble gets assistance from Wick coastguard radio station, operated by the GPO. The first...

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  5. Went the Day Well? (1942)

    Director
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Producer
    Michael Balcon
    Subject
    English language and literature; Film studies; History; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 89 minutes), £15.99

    Feature film from a story by Graham Greene. The village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops dsguised as British soldiers as part of Hitler’s plan for the invasion of Britain. Music by William...

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  6. Men of the Lightship (1940 Video)

    Director
    David MacDonald
    Producer
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min.

    'Year in, year out, all round our coasts, the beam of the lightship shines through the night and its siren pierces the fog banks. Light and fog signals reach vessels of all nations equally, and for three...

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  7. Squadron 992 (1940 Video)

    Director
    Harry Watt
    Producer
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 26 min.

    In response to a request for a film that showed the importance of balloon barrage, Harry Watt made this drama-documentary about the training of a balloon squadron and its first assignment to the Forth...

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  8. City, The 3 (1939 Video)

    Director
    Ralph Elton
    Producer
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w?. 19 min.

    Sir Charles Bressey talks about the Bressey Report and urges its implementation. The film also illustrates the growth of london since the late 19th century, the work of the ministry of Transport Research...

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  9. First Days, The (1939 Film, Video)

    Producer
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    This earliest of notable British wartime documentaries was a collaborative effort in the direction of which both Harry Watt and Humphrey Jennings played parts. The editing and the use of sound represents the...

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  10. Mony a Pickle (1939 Video)

    Producer
    Alberto Cavalcanti
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 11 min.

    A slightly tongue-in-cheedk comedy on the theme of thrift, which was made for the Scottish Post Office Savings Bank. It is divided into an introduction and five short episodes, the most ambitious of which...

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